Improvement in photographic camera-boxes



Im prove ment in Photographic Camera Boxes.

Patented March 19, 1872.

NVENTOR WJTNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATHIAS FLAMMANG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T O SOOVILL MAN FAOTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT iN PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,674, dated March 19, 1872.

` MATnrAs FLAMMANG, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certainlmprovements in Camera-Boxes; of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of the mechanism by means of which the carriage or plate-holderis operated. The first part relates to the construction ot' the back part of a camerafbox, in combination with the carriage or plate-holder in such a manner that the said carriage or plate-holder shall work with perfect ease and freedom, and also retain its position of close and intim ate connection therewith, preventing any admission of light notwithstanding the usual wear. The second part relates to the combination, with a camera-box and carriage or holder, of the spring-catch, by means of which the distance of movement is regulated and the exact point determined at which it is necessary for the carriage or plate holder to stop to enable a photographic operator to take the number of pictures desired on a single plate.

Figure l is a top view of the back part of a camerabox and carriage or plate holder. Fig. 2is a back view of the saine. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view along the line w x, Fig. 2.

A is the back part of the camera-box, to which is attached permanently the track or way b. C is the carriage or plate holder,pro

vided with two rollers, d d, which travel on b. By means of these rollers the carriage or plate holder moves very easily from side to side, as is required, and with much greater facility th an has hereto fore been attained. rlhe track I; and rollers d are beveled, as shown at e, as this shape tends to hug the carriage or plate holder to the back ot the camera-box; but l do not confine myself to the position of the roll ers and track, as they might be interchanged, the rollers put on the back of the camera-box and the track on the carriage or plate holder. F is a spring-catch, attached to the top of the carriage or plate holder, and is used to locate and conne it in position, which it does by means of the point p, taking into the notches mz in the stationary rack k. This is used when the photographic operator desires to take more than one picture on a single plate, and renders the operation one of ease and certainty as far as the position of the plate is concerned.

I claim as my invention-n The combination, with a camera-box and carriage or plate holder, of rollers, constructed as described, when used for the purpose specified.

M. FLAMMANG.

Witnesses:

G. G. THoMiis, O. J. WELLS. 

